''I Know That You Know That I Know'' ( it, Io so che tu sai che io so) is a 1982 Italian

comedy-drama film Comedy drama, also known by the portmanteau ''dramedy'', is a genre of dramatic works that combines elements of comedy and drama. The modern, scripted-television examples tend to have more humorous bits than simple comic relief seen in a typical ...

directed by

Alberto Sordi Alberto Sordi (15 June 1920 – 24 February 2003) was an Italian actor, voice actor, singer, comedian, director and screenwriter. Early life Born in Rome to a schoolteacher and a musician and the last of five children, Sordi was named in hon ...

, who is also the co-protagonist with the Italian actress

Monica Vitti Monica Vitti (born Maria Luisa Ceciarelli; 3 November 1931 – 2 February 2022) was an Italian actress who starred in several award-winning films directed by Michelangelo Antonioni during the 1960s. After working with Antonioni, Vitti changed f ...

. It was entered into the

13th Moscow International Film Festival The 13th Moscow International Film Festival was held from 7 to 21 July 1983. The Golden Prizes were awarded to the Moroccan-Guinea-Senegalese film '' Amok'' directed by Souheil Ben-Barka, the Nicaraguan-Cuban-Mexican-Costa Rican film ''Alsino and ...

where it won a Special Prize. The film's sets were designed by the

art director Art director is the title for a variety of similar job functions in theater, advertising, marketing, publishing, fashion, film industry, film and television, the Internet, and video games. It is the charge of a sole art director to supervise and ...

s Lorenzo Baraldi and

Massimo Tavazzi Massimo, also Massimino, and Massimine () is a masculine Italian given name. Notable people with the name include: Given name: *Massimo Agostinelli (Max Agos) (born 1987), Swiss based Italian American artist, entrepreneur and activist *Massimo Ago ...

. It was shot on location around

Rome , established_title = Founded , established_date = 753 BC , founder = King Romulus (legendary) , image_map = Map of comune of Rome (metropolitan city of Capital Rome, region Lazio, Italy).svg , map_caption ...

Cast

as Fabio Bonetti *

as Livia Bonetti *

Isabella De Bernardi Isabella may refer to: People and fictional characters * Isabella (given name), including a list of people and fictional characters * Isabella (surname), including a list of people Places United States * Isabella, Alabama, an unincorpora ...

as Veronica Bonetti * Salvatore Jacono as Cavalli * Giuseppe Mannajuolo as The Detective *

Ivana Monti Ivana Monti (born 20 February 1947) is an Italian stage, television and film actress. Life and career Born in Milan, Monti studied at the drama school of the Piccolo Teatro in her hometown, and made her professional debut in 1966 in the st ...

as Valeria * Micaela Pignatelli as Elena Vitali *

Claudio Gora Claudio Gora, '' Emilio Giordana '' (27 July 1913 – 13 March 1998) was an Italian actor and film director. He was particularly prolific, making some 155 appearances in film and television over nearly 60 years (from 1939 to 1997). In the 1950s ...

as Ronconi * Pier Francesco Aiello as Marco * Napoleone Scrugli as Mirko *

Cesare Cadeo Cesare Cadeo (2 July 1946 – 4 April 2019) was an Italian television presenter and journalist. Career He began working at Canale 5 in 1981, as a correspondent and business consultant, appearing in the following year in ''Gol'', a football pr ...

as Reporter *

Sandro Paternostro Sandro Paternostro (9 August 1922 – 23 July 2000) was an Italian journalist and television presenter. Biography Born in Palermo, Paternostro began writing for Palermo’s newspaper ''L'Ora'' after the war, and then went on to write for othe ...

as Himself *

Gianni Letta Gianni Letta (born 15 April 1935) is an Italian journalist and politician. He is a close advisor of Silvio Berlusconi and a member of the advisory board of Goldman Sachs International. Biography After graduating in law, he started working as a ...

as Himself

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* 1982 films 1982 comedy-drama films Italian comedy-drama films 1980s Italian-language films Films directed by Alberto Sordi Films scored by Piero Piccioni Films shot in Rome Films set in Rome 1982 comedy films 1982 drama films 1980s Italian films {{1980s-comedy-drama-film-stub